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vSpeellniatioxi forming part of Letters 4Patent Toalbwhomitmayrcomera:

Be `it known .that I, Mumien Drau, of Blair-mille, v'in the county. of Union and State ot".v4 Georgia, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Apparatus for Navivgating the Air; 'and l -do ,hereby4 declare the .ibllowing to/be a full,.cl ear,. land exact de scription'of the inventilm',- such as will enable .othersskilled in theiart to which it pertains 5to. make and fuse it, reference beinghad to the 1 acolnpanyingdrawings,.which forin'part of ...this specification', in wl1i ch-'v v 'Figurel represents a front-view of 'a 4inachineembodying my improvements and Eig.

. :2, a side elevation of the same, the' covering .of the balloon portiouof the apparatus in both views being omittedp Fig. 3 represents -a .plan of the frame demoted from uw bai- :the navigation of the air; and its nature con;A

structi'ngwhat may be termed'a"ying ship,

to be propelledbyfsteaiu or other suitable n10-- 4Inythe drawingrthe apparatus is represent- Ved as c :onsist-ing-l of: a large balloon, A, conf neet/ed, in any known and suitable manner., with-a strong but light i'raine,-B BQQr/the f :tedlines in---Fig.'2, tlie `twol being vtheniirxnliy.;

bolted to eachother at that point. 1n-.addition tothis the two rails thus joined together. are bent or inclined inwardI vsow-that, when.

"the two sidesl B B ythus mal e are joined to| gather, they will present a-wedge-shaped .ap. Pearance from the front, asillustratedin Fig..

3. The forward ends, d, of the lower rails, b, are made to project a little .above the edge of the upper rails', and. are proydedfwith an Nennen, me september. 1, 1an; @pantanos sie@ June10,l8k74.

. opening for Vattachment `to"' the balloon-frame "A, corresponding holes for a like purpose being made inthe upper rails along the line o f their` length. This attachment. may bemade in any suitable way, as, for instance, by links or link-'rods e.

suitable material which combines lightness with strength, and in any known or suitable manner,.fand of any known vand approved form; and it.is intended to be covered with some light, but strong, air and water proof n material, such as experience and the necessities of the case may dictate.

The 'two sides B' B' 4ofthe frame may be se for instance, by stay-rods f, arranged. above and belen1 at -proper intervalsapart, in order to give the necessary strength-and rigidity to the. irame, care being, taken not tense more `than isabsolutely necessary for the purpose,v

yor to make them,- or any other part, so large sary for strength and -rigidity. v

Theupper rails, a, are provided with plates g and with standards h, bearings for the shaits of the propelling mechanism, and whichl will new describe, here premising that the apparatus is intended to be propelled by different kinds of devices-to ,wit, wings and paddle-wheels, both to be siV multaneously operated through' the instra' driring power.' l x .Tothe outside of each upper rail, a., of theA ing lugs; t', for, the support and attachment oi the wings; in number el number of wings to be used: In this oase f' the'apparatns is represented 'fwin gs ou each side;

The wingS C are formed `bytaking' twoarxns, 'k k, ojtequal length, and'. amok-shaft, I, mounted in bearings form'ed'infl ner' shown. inEig, 3; or .the beam. in may The balloon-frame A may be made of any i cured together in any suitable manner-' as,

\ as to unnecessarily increasetheweight of thev apparatus .beyond what is absolutely' neces- Vin which are formed mentality of mechanism connected with. the l lframe are rigidlyseeured a series of projectvarying 'according 'to' r .as .having thr butalessor-greater'numj may be used, aewrding to the jndgmentlof keying theinifa'st to the 'ond of. the lugs t, .and pivotingfthereto.

`B B' ot' la. yng-apparn-tus, having enin In testimony tht -I claim the foregoilvlg I 'I elnd prow, the jointed wings C and one or have hereunto 'set :ny-hand this 16th day of 4more pairsef rotztting paddle-wheels, the February, 1874. whole being constructed, arranged, and opervated in the manner and for the purposes sub- MIOAJAH DYERL v stantially as set forth.. v f 1 Y '3. The' combinationof'the jointed wings C Witnesses: with the shafts-r r', cranks q, end conueeting- FRANCIS M. SWAIN, rodso, as andfor thepurpese set forth. i M. C. DYER, Jr. 

